Fucose-binding lectin from opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia ambifaria binds to both plant and human oligosaccharidic epitopes.
Audfray A, Claudinon J, Abounit S, Ruvoën-Clouet N, Larson G, Smith DF, Wimmerová M, Le Pendu J, Römer W, Varrot A, Imberty A.
Audfray A, et al. Among authors: imberty a.
J Biol Chem. 2012 Feb 3;287(6):4335-47. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.314831. Epub 2011 Dec 14.
J Biol Chem. 2012.
PMID: 22170069
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Our previous work indicated that fucose on human epithelia is a frequent target for lectins and adhesins of lung pathogens (Sulak, O., Cioci, G., Lameignere, E., Balloy, V., Round, A., Gutsche, I., Malinovska, L., Chignard, M., Kosma, P., Aubert, D. F., Marolda, C. …
Our previous work indicated that fucose on human epithelia is a frequent target for lectins and adhesins of lung pathogens (Sulak, O. …